In an Instagram review of Apple’s Vision Pro, CEO of Meta Mark Zuckerberg reminded us all that the two companies’ rivalry has intensified even more after the introduction of the latter’s mixed reality headset. Zuckerberg used the Meta Quest 3 to record the video, and he didn’t hold back when comparing the Vision Pro to the product made by his company. Given that the Quest is “like seven times less expensive” than the $3,500 Vision Pro, he said he had first anticipated that it would be the superior option for most consumers. But after evaluating the product of his rival, he concluded that the Quest “is the better product, period.”
He added that the Quest is “better for the vast majority of things that people use mixed reality for.” Zuckerberg said he thinks the Quest is “a lot more comfortable,” since Meta designed it to be light and portable, so that people could use it while moving around or even while hanging out with friends and socializing. He found the Quest’s field of view to be wider and its screen to be brighter than the Vision Pro, and he also found that Meta’s headset showed crisper visuals when he moved his head while wearing it. Apple’s device, he said, had motion blur.
Zuckerberg acknowledged that the Vision Pro has a screen with a higher resolution, but in the same breath, he criticized Apple for the “tradeoffs” it had to make to the device’s comfort and ergonomics. While Quest’s controllers are “a little more accurate,” he admits that Apple’s eye tracking is “really nice.” Apparently, Meta used the Vision Pro’s sensors for the Quest Pro but took them out for the Quest 3. The company is planning to bring them back in the future. Of course, Zuckerberg took the chance to talk about the Quest’s bigger library and to emphasize that the Quest, unlike the Vision Pro, has access to the YouTube and Xbox apps. Zuckerberg ended his review by talking about open and closed models for every generation of computing and how he wants to make sure that for this generation, Meta’s technology, as the open model, “wins out” like Microsoft’s did in the past.
